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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (8), by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I would I were the drop of rain
Last Line: With maiden kisses three.
Subject(s): Rain; Water
First Line: I would I were the drop of rain
Last Line: With maiden kisses three.
Subject(s): Rain; Water
I WOULD I were the drop of rain
That falls into the dancing rill,
For I should seek the river then,
And roll below the wooded hill,
Until I reached the sea.
And O, to be the river swift
That wrestles with the wilful tide,
And fling the briny weeds aside
That o'er the foamy billows drift,
Until I came to thee!
I would that after weary strife,
And storm beneath the piping wind
The current of my true fresh life
Might come unmingled, unimbrined,
To where thou floatest free.
Might find thee in some amber clime,
Where sunlight dazzles on the sail,
And dreaming of our plighted vale
Might seal the dream, and bless the time,
With maiden kisses three.
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